TY - JOUR
T1 - Radiation dose to the patient and operator from a peripheral dual X-ray absorptiometry system
AU - Patel, R
AU - Blake, G M
AU - Fogelman, I
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - Although peripheral dual X-ray absorptiometry (pDXA) scanners for measuring bone mineral density (BMD) in the forearm are known to produce an exceptionally low radiation dose to the patient, quantitative assessment of patient dose from pDXA procedures is important for reassuring patients about their safety. We have estimated the effective dose of radiation (ICRP-60) to the patient and also the scattered dose to the operator from a forearm BMD examination performed on a DTX-200 pDXA system (Osteometer Meditech, Hoersholm, Denmark). Measurements were performed using thermoluminescent dosimeters attached to the forearm phantom supplied by the manufacturer. The effective dose to a patient was estimated to be 0.1 mu Sv. At a distance of 1 m from the center of the forearm, the time-averaged scattered dose rate to the operator assuming a throughput of five patients per hour was measured to be
AB - Although peripheral dual X-ray absorptiometry (pDXA) scanners for measuring bone mineral density (BMD) in the forearm are known to produce an exceptionally low radiation dose to the patient, quantitative assessment of patient dose from pDXA procedures is important for reassuring patients about their safety. We have estimated the effective dose of radiation (ICRP-60) to the patient and also the scattered dose to the operator from a forearm BMD examination performed on a DTX-200 pDXA system (Osteometer Meditech, Hoersholm, Denmark). Measurements were performed using thermoluminescent dosimeters attached to the forearm phantom supplied by the manufacturer. The effective dose to a patient was estimated to be 0.1 mu Sv. At a distance of 1 m from the center of the forearm, the time-averaged scattered dose rate to the operator assuming a throughput of five patients per hour was measured to be
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U2 - 10.1016/S1094-6950(06)60405-8
DO - 10.1016/S1094-6950(06)60405-8
M3 - Article
VL - 2
SP - 397
EP - 401
JO - JOURNAL OF CLINICAL DENSITOMETRY
JF - JOURNAL OF CLINICAL DENSITOMETRY
IS - 4
ER -